MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Last year’s storms did significant damage to Manatee County’s drainage system and canals. Manatee County is ramping up efforts to clean its drainage systems after last ...

Today, manatees play a key role in the local economy, drawing eco-tourists and supporting small businesses. The project also rescues and rehabilitates stranded animals and has saved around 60 ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — An alarming report reveals manatee deaths are on the rise in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Marine Mammal Pathobiology ...

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is now a secondary care facility for manatee rehabilitation. There is a backlog at primary care facilities due to various factors like red tide and cold stress ...

Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air, some of them exchange wide smiles.

BRADENTON, Fla. – Manatee County commissioners voted Tuesday morning to stop adding fluoride to county drinking water. The vote was 5-1 to stop adding the mineral. In discussing the move ...

Manatee County commissioners greenlit a $23.5 million land purchase in Lakewood Ranch to relocate many government services from downtown Bradenton. The county earmarked nearly $35 million for the ...

Brevard Zoo opened a new manatee rehabilitation center. The center will house up to six manatees at a time and is not open to the public. Manatee deaths in Brevard County have been high due to ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A section of US-19 in Manatee County was dedicated to a fallen soldier. US-19 between Palm View Road and Terra Ceia Road was dedicated to Army Specialist Nicholas ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium recently received federal designation as a secondary care facility for manatee rehabilitation, and its first two patients arrived last ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has been officially designated as a secondary care rehabilitation facility for rescued manatees — a move that significantly strengthens ...